Language: Fijian (Suva Dialect)
Source/Author: | J. Saunders from informant Josefa Are Nakaivalu | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:fij Glottocode: sout2864 | |
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Data Entry: | Typed By: Simon Greenhill Checked By: | |
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Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:East Fijian | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tokelau Fijian
Ethnologue Information for fij
OLAC Information for fij
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for fij
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Change History:
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- Changed #173017 from "Sucuna", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2025-04-30 01:24:01)
- Changed #3230419 from "Mo tagi", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2025-04-30 01:24:01)
- Source: Filo (Word 34) - Simon Greenhill (2020-11-09 22:40:42)
Entries:
ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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1 | hand | ligamu | irregular medial C (see Pollex) | 1, 64, 34 | |
2 | left | mawi | 1, 59 | ||
3 | right | matau | 5, 13 | ||
4 | leg/foot | yava | 1, 100 | ||
5 | to walk | mo iako | 1 | ||
6 | road/path | gauni sala | 1 | ||
7 | to come | lako mai | 1 | ||
8 | to turn
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mo vuki | 99 | ||
9 | to swim | mo qalo | 5 | ||
10 | dirty | duka | 17 | ||
11 | dust | kuyu | 1 | ||
12 | skin | kuli ni yagomu | 1 | ||
13 | back
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muri | 3 | ||
14 | belly | ketemu | 7 | ||
15 | bone | sui | 52 | ||
16 | intestines | ![]() |
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17 | liver | ulu ni vanu | |||
18 | breast | sucuna | 1 | ||
19 | shoulder | ![]() |
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20 | to know, be knowledgeable | gauna oqo | |||
21 | to think | mo vakasama | 42 | ||
22 | to fear | somo bula | |||
23 | blood | dra | 1 | ||
24 | head | ulu | 1 | ||
25 | neck | domomu | 46 | ||
26 | hair
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drau ni ulumli | 40 | ||
27 | nose | ucumu | 1 | ||
28 | to breathe | cagu | 40 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | mo boica | 78 | ||
30 | mouth | gusumu | 2 | ||
31 | tooth | batimu | 6 | ||
32 | tongue | yamemu | 7 | ||
33 | to laugh | dredre | 50 | ||
34 | to cry | mo tagi | 1 | ||
35 | to vomit | mo lua | 8 | ||
36 | to spit | mo kasiyi | 19, 55 | ||
37 | to eat | kana | 1 | ||
38 | to chew
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39 | to cook
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40 | to drink | gunu | 1 | ||
41 | to bite | kata | 1, 55 | ||
42 | to suck | mo domica | 7 | ||
43 | ear | daligamu | 1 | ||
44 | to hear | rogoca | 1 | ||
45 | eye | matamu | 1 | ||
46 | to see | raica | 37 | ||
47 | to yawn | ![]() |
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48 | to sleep | momoce | 10 | ||
49 | to lie down
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davo | 40 | ||
50 | to dream | ![]() |
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51 | to sit | dabe | 62 | ||
52 | to stand | mo tucake | 2 | ||
53 | person/human being | na tamata | 1, 66 | ||
54 | man/male | turaga | |||
55 | woman/female | marama | |||
56 | child | gone | 27 | ||
57 | husband | ![]() |
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58 | wife | ![]() |
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59 | mother | tinamu | 1 | ||
60 | father | tama | 1 | ||
61 | house | ![]() |
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62 | thatch/roof | ![]() |
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63 | name | yacamu | 1, 18 | ||
64 | to say | ![]() |
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65 | rope | dali | 1 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | ![]() |
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67 | to sew
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culacula | 31 | ||
68 | needle | ![]() |
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69 | to hunt
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70 | to shoot
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71 | to stab, pierce | mo suaka | 67 | ||
72 | to hit
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mokuta | 8 | ||
73 | to steal | ![]() |
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74 | to kill | vakamatea | 2 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | mate | 1 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | bula | 28 | ||
77 | to scratch
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mila | 31 | ||
78 | to cut, hack
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tataya | 3 | ||
79 | stick/wood | ![]() |
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80 | to split
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mo kolata | |||
81 | sharp | gata | 36 | ||
82 | dull, blunt | butobuto | 1 | ||
83 | to work
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84 | to plant | ![]() |
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85 | to choose | ![]() |
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86 | to grow
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87 | to swell
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mo tiloma | |||
88 | to squeeze
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mo labaka | |||
89 | to hold
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taura | 35 | ||
90 | to dig | kelia | 1 | ||
91 | to buy | ![]() |
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92 | to open, uncover | ![]() |
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93 | to pound, beat
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94 | to throw
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mo viri | 30 | ||
95 | to fall
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lutu | 58 | ||
96 | dog | koli | 7 | ||
97 | bird | manumanu vuka | 1 | ||
98 | egg | ![]() |
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99 | feather | toro yani | |||
100 | wing | tabana | 35 | ||
101 | to fly | mo vuka | 45 | ||
102 | rat | ![]() |
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103 | meat/flesh | sota | |||
104 | fat/grease | uro | 44 | ||
105 | tail | buina | 38 | ||
106 | snake | ![]() |
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107 | worm (earthworm) | baca | 16 | ||
108 | louse
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lise | |||
109 | mosquito | namu | 1 | ||
110 | spider | ![]() |
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111 | fish | ika | 1 | ||
112 | rotten
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malai | 13 | ||
113 | branch
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tabana | 13 | ||
114 | leaf | drauna | 1 | ||
115 | root | wakanu | 2 | ||
116 | flower | seni kau | 9, 14 | ||
117 | fruit | vua ni kau | 1 | ||
118 | grass | ![]() |
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119 | earth/soil | ![]() |
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120 | stone | vatu | 1 | ||
121 | sand | nukunuku | 41 | ||
122 | water
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wai | 2 | ||
123 | to flow | drodro | 32 | ||
124 | sea | wasawasa | 12 | ||
125 | salt | wai tui | |||
126 | lake | ![]() |
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127 | woods/forest | kau | 13 | ||
128 | sky | lomalagi | 1, 84 | ||
129 | moon | vula | 1 | ||
130 | star | wadra | |||
131 | cloud
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o | 12 | ||
132 | fog | tegu | |||
133 | rain | uca | 1 | ||
134 | thunder | kurukuru | 2, 63 | ||
135 | lightning | livaliva | 35 | ||
136 | wind | cagi | 1 | ||
137 | to blow
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uvuca | 4, 57 | ||
138 | warm
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viavia katakata | 36 | ||
139 | cold
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batabata | 42 | ||
140 | dry
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mamaca | 11 | ||
141 | wet | suasua | 11 | ||
142 | heavy | bibi | 37 | ||
143 | fire | buka | 17 | ||
144 | to burn
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kama | 107 | ||
145 | smoke
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kubou | 57 | ||
146 | ash | matasawa | |||
147 | black | loaloa | 40 | ||
148 | white | vulavula | 3 | ||
149 | red | damudamu | 51 | ||
150 | yellow | dromodromo | 46 | ||
151 | green | ![]() |
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152 | small | lailai | 32 | ||
153 | big | levu | 10 | ||
154 | short
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lekaleka | 8 | ||
155 | long
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balavu | 16 | ||
156 | thin
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mamare | 13 | ||
157 | thick
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vavaku | 36 | ||
158 | narrow | rabalailai | 90 | ||
159 | wide | raba | 48 | ||
160 | painful, sick | ![]() |
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161 | shy, ashamed | ![]() |
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162 | old
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163 | new | vou | 1 | ||
164 | good | vinaka | 21 | ||
165 | bad, evil | ca | 1 | ||
166 | correct, true | donu | 8 | ||
167 | night | bogi | 1 | ||
168 | day | siga | 23 | ||
169 | year | yabaki | 27 | ||
170 | when?
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171 | to hide
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172 | to climb
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173 | at | ![]() |
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174 | in, inside | loma | 1 | ||
175 | above | cake | 25 | ||
176 | below | botona | |||
177 | this | oo | 17 | ||
178 | that | oya | distant | 1 | |
179 | near | voleka | 38 | ||
180 | far | yawa | 4 | ||
181 | where?
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e vei | 3 | ||
182 | I | au | 1, 21 | ||
183 | thou | iko | 1 | ||
184 | he/she | koya | 1, 42 | ||
185 | we
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kei tou | excl. plural | 66 | |
186 | you | ![]() |
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187 | they | ira tou | plural | 1, 70 | |
188 | what?
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na caya | 1 | ||
189 | who?
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o cei | 1 | ||
190 | other | e so | |||
191 | all | taucoko | 38 | ||
192 | and | ![]() |
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193 | if | ![]() |
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194 | how?
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vakacava | 35, 1 | ||
195 | no, not | sega | 42 | ||
196 | to count | wiliwili | 34 | ||
197 | One
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dua | 18 | ||
198 | Two
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rua | 1 | ||
199 | Three
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tolu | 1 | ||
200 | Four
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va | 1, 66 | ||
201 | Five
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lima | 1 | ||
202 | Six
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203 | Seven
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204 | Eight
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205 | Nine
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206 | Ten
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207 | Twenty
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208 | Fifty
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209 | One Hundred
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210 | One Thousand
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